| 词汇 | beat-a-dead-horse |
| 释义 | beat a dead horseidiomUSinformal(UKinformalflog a dead horse) to waste effort on something when there is no chance of succeeding: 做无用功，做徒劳无益的事 He keeps trying to get it published but I think he's beating a dead horse.他一个劲儿地想将其出版，但我认为他在白费力气。 Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder fray around/at the edgesidiom mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up sign someone's death warrant |
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